“You can be confused in this world, or you can be in peace. Pick one,” Prem Rawat says. “Is there something inside of you that is favoring peace? Because if there is, then congratulations: you are a human being. You have just reached, and felt, your most fundamental want.”

“To understand things through calamity is obvious. But to understand things without calamity is wisdom,” Prem Rawat says. “Understand what this breath, what this moment, what this existence means to you whilst you're alive. Understanding it just before you die is going to happen, but that's not wisdom.”

December 1, 2009

“Every day you have to ability to feel happy, to feel content,” says Prem Rawat. “Think about this: Does your ability to feel contentment ever vary? And the answer to it is no. The ability does not vary, but the joy that I feel does vary.”

November 3, 2009

Prem Rawat talks about the shoots that appear in spring: “If that tree was human, it would say, ‘Why are we doing this? Winter’s going to come again; I’m going to have to shed these leaves.’ Something that transcends logic. These little shoots … a drive that is powerful.”

August 25, 2009

“When we are centered,” Prem Rawat says, “when we are placed in that equilibrium where our hearts are full, then our true nature shines—and the true nature that we have is beautiful. It’s real, and that is the place of true peace.”

July 27, 2009

“This existence that you have, this life that you have, despite all the problems, is beautiful, wonderful,” says Prem Rawat. “Look at the desert. When it rains, mysteriously, even the desert holds in it the promise of beautiful life, of delicate flowers.”

July 14, 2009

Prem Rawat says, “We allow ourselves to be busy, but we never ask ourselves, ‘What are you busy with?’ You’re busy with your career. You’re busy with your life. You’re busy trying to make some dream come true. But where is this headed? How does this all end?”

June 22, 2009

Prem Rawat says that wherever he goes, people want peace. But when he asks what is peace, “everybody has their own version of peace, because everybody is looking at it from a totally different angle. Peace,” he says, “begins with every single human being.”

June 1, 2009

Prem Rawat talks about how we are the only ones who can make ourselves happy. “Let it be that I know myself, that of all the people I have tried to understand,” he says, “that I understand myself, because I want the rain of peace, of understanding to come.”

April 17, 2009

“To understand the ultimate truth, … you have to be utterly simple because truth is simple,” says Prem Rawat. “How simple?” he asks. “With the heart of a child. What does a child have that you don’t have? Simplicity.”

March 23, 2009

Prem Rawat talks about the miracle of life. “You want to know how to recognize a miracle? Then understand that today was a miracle,” he says. “And, if tomorrow comes, that is going to be a miracle. And the coming and going of this breath is a miracle.”

February 3, 2009

“Your life is associated with your jobs, with the things that happen around you. That is not your life,” says Prem Rawat. “The core is you. You exist. And because you exist, there are certain things that also exist. And at the hub is your existence, your life.”

January 19, 2009

“What kind of road is life?” asks Prem Rawat. “Some parts are hilly; some are flat; some have a nice, gentle slope; and some way too much slope, slippery,” he says. “Walk. The key is not to measure how many miles you have come, but to enjoy every single step you take.”

December 24, 2008

“Is peace a manifestation of something that happens inside a human being, or is peace something on the outside only?” Prem Rawat asks. “Where does the desire for peace come from? Is peace innate to every human being? This, in my opinion, is the pivotal question.”

December 17, 2008

“Each one of you, because you are alive, will make a voyage. What will this voyage be like? Who are you? What is the purpose of this voyage ? Why does it have to be made?” These are some of the questions asked by Prem Rawat in this excerpt.

December 3, 2008

“The human being is an incredibly sensitive, experiencing instrument,” says Prem Rawat. “Place in it the truth that resides in you, and it will sing out with ecstasy. Play it with the passion it deserves, and you will hear sounds you have been yearning to hear all your life.”

November 10, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about the journey of life. “It’s about this life, this existence—not an idea, not a theory, not rules, not some printed pages, but about you and me. The most incredible thing is taking place: you are alive … your existence, your being on the face of this earth.”

October 27, 2008

Prem Rawat says “I need to do everything possible to pay the most magnificent tribute to this existence every single day of my life,” says Prem Rawat. “And, in turn, when you pay this tribute, it fills you with the gift of joy … the gift of peace … the gift of true contentment.”

October 22, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about the human being’s need to be comfortable and avoid pain. “What do you like to hear?” he asks. “That which brings you enjoyment. What do you like to see? That what brings you enjoyment. This is how you are. This is who you are.”

October 6, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about the difference between a true passion and a hobby. “Whatever it is I am passionate about,” he says, “I need for that to be real, not a figment of my imagination. And it has to be amazing. Passion isn’t one of those things that you generate. You unleash it. It’s already there in you. You open the gates, and it comes pouring out.”

September 16, 2008

Prem Rawat says, “When we come in this world, we’re given seeds. There is the seed of anger, but there is also a seed of kindness. There is a seed of love…a seed of understanding. Whatever seed you have sown in your garden of life is what you’re going to sit under to rest. You have the intelligence to choose what will benefit you the most.”

August 14, 2008

“Happy feels good. Joyful feels very good,” says Prem Rawat. “So perhaps the purpose of this voyage is not suffering, but to be able to experience the ultimate experience. Why should we experience this? When you do, you experience the truest, truest, happiness.”

July 16, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about the possibility of feeling peace and joy and the gratitude it brings. “Gratitude comes when there is a beautiful experience of life,” he says, “when it is not full of words, doctrines, and dogmas, but it is filled with a simple reality.”

June 30, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about the need to feel peace. “I can live without my cell phone, and I can live without my computer,” he says. “But I cannot live without feeling peace in my life. Have you felt that need? Do you understand your calling from within?”

June 11, 2008

“The want for peace has been on the face of this earth as long as there have been human beings,” says Prem Rawat. “The need for peace was identified a long time ago. And the need for peace comes from within you.”

May 30, 2008

“Wars happen again and again,” says Prem Rawat. “And every time there is a war, there is a call for peace. Is that a new invention? No. The call for peace has been there. The quest for peace is within us, and the solution to peace also lies within us.””

May 13, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about the moment a baby is born and “the one concern: breathing or not?” At the end of our lives, he says, we have the same concern. “Everything you are is predicated on something so simple. This reality is beautiful. Welcome to the world of life.”

April 25, 2008

“The baby knows how to cry, how to laugh, how to be,” says Prem Rawat. “These are innate. These are fundamental things nobody has to teach. The desire for peace is also fundamental. This is who we are. This is our foundation, our need, from our heart.”

April 3, 2008

“Do you know that, wherever you go, whatever you do, there is love in you and there is hate in you?” asks Prem Rawat. “Do not be under the misunderstanding that the love is in someone else. No, no, no. Love is in you.”

March 26, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about a personal quest for peace, “a peace not of consequences but an individual peace for every human being on the face of this earth. People want to stop wars, conflicts, but nobody addresses the individual—from where peace has to begin.”

March 4, 2008

Prem Rawat distinguishes between appearances that change and the actual nature of a human being. “When we begin to look for our truest nature,” he says, “we will find that there is peace. In our nature, there’s understanding, there is the truest love.”

February 27, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about how each person has been given something—the gift of life, of breath, of serenity—but we do not understand its value. Each one of us needs to feel peace, he says. And to light the world, we need to be lit up one by one.

January 23, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about the miracle of life. “The most beautiful miracle is: from nowhere comes this breath and brings the gift of life to you. This is your story. One breath at a time. That’s your beat. That’s your rhythm. Do you understand what a miracle this is?”

January 16, 2008

Prem Rawat talks about the wants we have had since we were children and the promises we made to ourselves to fulfill them. “Have you kept them?” he asks. “Look within you for the thirst,” he says, “because it is the thirst that will lead you to water. Understand what you have been given because it is magnificent.”

November 8, 2007

Prem Rawat talks about the reality that comes with being alive: “This is the only reality, the only kind of reality that allows you to be rich and to be poor. Allows you to shed a few tears and to crack a smile. Allows you to dance and to sit still. Allows you to call others your own. Allows you to be an uncle, a mother, a dad, an aunt. Because without that reality, none of this is possible.”

October 25, 2007

Prem Rawat talks about the universal need for peace. “Not as a society,” he says, “but as an individual. I strongly believe that it is the individual that has to understand what peace is. And feel that need in their lives. Then and only then can we begin to see the movement towards peace, because the foundation is solid.”

September 27, 2007

Prem Rawat talks about how a cow is happiest being a cow and asks, “What makes you happy?” He talks about the priceless wealth every person has been given—the yearning to be happy and having the source of happiness within.

September 4, 2007

Prem Rawat talks about being fulfilled in the journey of life. “Fulfillment cannot be weighed,” he says. “There is no scale for it. When you have one one-billionth of fulfillment, it is the same as having a universe full of fulfillment.”

August 14, 2007

Prem Rawat talks about the quest for peace prevalent throughout civilizations as a fundamental need of each human being. “Something from inside stirs every single day,” he says, and calls from within. “Something inside us,” he says, tells us, “Let me feel, let me experience that state in which I am not burdened with conflict.”

August 6, 2007

Prem Rawat talks about a peace that has nothing to do with religion, geographical boundaries, ideas, or wishes. Rather, he says, there is an aspiration for peace that is universal. “And the resources of the joy, the peace that you are looking for,” he says, “exists with you.”

July 12, 2007

Prem Rawat quotes a couplet from a 14th century Indian poet, "That there is a drop in the ocean, everyone knows. But that there is an ocean in the drop, only a few understand." "You are the drop," he says, "and there is an ocean inside of you that you can know."

June 25, 2007

“Have you ever felt desperate for peace?” Maharaji asks. He talks about how people often hide their need for peace planning for tomorrow, for their favorite day to come. But that one day, he says, can only come as today.

May 29, 2007

Maharaji, as Prem Rawat is widely known, talks about a way to look within where people can be introduced to themselves. “If you ever want to see a wonder,” he says, “I suggest you take a look at yourself. Not the concepts, not the ideas, not the goods, not the bads. But a timeless purity of existence. A witness to the beauty that is.”

May 15, 2007

“What do you practice in your life?” Maharaji asks. “Whatever you practice, you’re going to get good at. If you practice peace, you’re going to get very good at it. If you practice knowing yourself, you’re going to get very good at it. And you will know who you are.”

April 19, 2007

Maharaji, as Prem Rawat is widely known, talks about understanding the difference between juggling daily activities and the need of the heart to feel fulfilled. “Living is a celebration,” he says, “And you need to thrive every single day that has been provided to you.”Download the Videocast